Windmills and wooden shoes — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Windmills and wooden shoes
John Stuart Mill · en
KATRINA’S MOTHER 29
JAN’S DOG, RINK 32
THE LITTLE DUTCH FRIENDS 35
SELLING THE MILK 36
HILDA’S VISIT 38
THE DUTCH BEDS 41
THE DUTCH GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE 43
THE CUCKOO CLOCK 46
GRANDMOTHER’S DUTCH STOVE 49
VISITING AT GRANDMOTHER’S 50
JAN AND KATRINA ON THE DIKE 52
JAN’S BIRTHDAY 55
LITTLE WOODEN SHOES 58
THE DUTCH GARDENS 61
THE BARGE 64
BRAM’S LITTLE SISTER 68
THE LULLABY SONG 70
LITTLE RIKKA 71
RIKKA’S WONDER-BALL 73
THE FIRE AND WATER MAN 77
THE WINDMILL GAME 79
THE STORY IN JAN’S BOOK 82
A SLEIGH RIDE ON THE CANAL 86
GRANDMOTHER’S STORY OF ST. NICHOLAS 90
CHRISTMAS IN HOLLAND 97
CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH JAN AND KATRINA 99
BRAM’S RABBITS 102
THE MARKET 106
WINTER 109
KIND-HEARTED JAN 110
[Music: The Dutch Children
M. M. GRANT
M. M. GRANT
1. Oh, the children of Holland wear wooden shoes,[A]
With a klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop!
They can run, jump and walk just as fast as they choose,
With a klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop!
2. To the windmill they go for the meal and the flour,
With a klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop!
In the fields they tend great flocks of geese by the hour,
With a klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop!
3. Oh, I think ’twould be quite hard to walk, don’t you?
With a klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop!
Oh, I really don’t see how the Dutch children do,
When they walk with a klip, klip, klop!
(Used by permission of F. A. Owen Publishing Company.)]